Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicles’
8 February 2012
US car rental giant Hertz has unveiled a programme called Living Journey designed to make the company more sustainable and reduce its environmental impact.
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7 February 2012
Global cleantech developer Intelligent Energy has formed a joint venture with Japanese car giant Suzuki to develop and produce air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industrial sectors.
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27 January 2012
Japanese electronics companies Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi have been selected as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain.
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26 January 2012
The Colombian capital city of Bogota has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in the city’s taxi fleet.
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25 January 2012
German car maker BMW has partnered with US IT specialist Tendril to build a demonstration smart energy home in California.
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20 January 2012
US electric vehicle charging specialist ECOtality has appointed Kevin Cameron to its board of directors, replacing Barry Baer.
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16 January 2012
The European Investment Bank has provided a €180m loan to French car maker the Renault Group to support research and development into batteries and motors for electric vehicles.
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10 January 2012
A hybrid electric vehicle developer is still on the hunt for a capital injection of $56m having already raised just shy of $244m in its latest funding round.
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22 December 2011
The US Department of Energy has awarded $7m in research and development funding to accelerate the reduction in cost of electric vehicle charging stations.
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21 December 2011
Two years from now, more than 80 different models of plug-in electric vehicles will be found across the globe, according to new research.
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14 December 2011
Israeli electric vehicle specialist Better Place and the state-owned China Southern Power Grid have completed an EV charging centre in Guangzhou, China.
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8 December 2011
Hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles will account for 3.1 per cent of global auto sales by 2017, according to new research.
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29 November 2011
Swedish automobile component supplier SKF has provided equipment to French electric vehicle manufacturer the Bollore Group.
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14 November 2011
UK-based electric vehicle charging specialist POD Point has been selected by the Office for Low Emissions to work on the implementation of a national charging network.
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14 November 2011
Investment is starting to pour into the electric vehicle and hybrid car markets and countries are beginning to focus on the kind of infrastructure that will be needed to support the mass-market adoption of clean transport.
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3 November 2011
US-based green transport company ECOtality has recorded third quarter revenue of $9.5m, a 58 per cent increase compared to the second quarter when the result was $6m.
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27 October 2011
US electric vehicle developer Brammo has closed a $28m Series B funding round led by Polaris Industries.
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25 October 2011
Chinese electric vehicle and alternative energy company BYD has launched operations in North America with the opening a new office in Los Angeles, California.
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24 October 2011
With so many competing start-ups in the electric vehicle sector - most without the financial clout to dominate the space - collaborations and eventual mergers are inevitable, an expert has told NewNet.
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19 October 2011
With cutbacks in public expenditure and a lack of clear policy direction, the door is open for private companies to take advantage of a much-needed build-out of the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure.
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